Combination gun and wire-cutter.



' 1.'KARASEv|cZ.-`. COMBINATION GUN ANUWIRE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUGfIZ. I9I8. I

' lPatented May 6, 1919.

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APPLICATION FILED AUGJZ. 1918. Y 1,302,668. Patented May 6,1919.

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JoUzAs xAnAsEvIcz, orsoU'rH AMBOY, NEW JEnsEY.

COMBINATION GUN AND WIRECUTTER.`

f To all whom t may concern: f Y.

Be it known that I, JoUzAs KARAsnvroz,

'a citizen of Russia, residing at South Amboy, county of Middlesex, and State of New ersey, have invented certain new and useful y Improvements in Combination Grunsv .and Wire-Cutters, of which the following 1s a speciication. f

This invention relates to improvements in devices for cutting entanglements such as. wire fences and like-constructions as erected vby an enemy as used for warfare.

f to' provide an implement vmounted upon a truck so vthat it may be readily transported y and carrying a pair of parallel guns adapted to simultaneously propel projectiles, having arranged between them a cutting blade so as to demolish the entanglement and provide an opening through which soldiers may pass.

A v further object is to provide means whereby a pair of twin guns may be rotated -upon a central axis so ythat the cutter blade may befdischarge'd either vertically, horizontallyor lat an angle therebetween.

` 'These andV other like objects, such as means for `rotatingand discharging the guns and applying cutters areobtained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in theaccomvpanying drawings, forming a material part vrof this disclosure, and in which Figure l'shows a side elevational view of an implement made in accordance with the invention.

, Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of .the same.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing one 'i .A y 0f the projectiles used, and

l providedk with supports 11, is mounted upon axles 12, journaled in wheels 13 and forming Aanordinary type of truck.

Fixed upon the upper surface of the plat form 10, at the front, is a bracket 15 having ya bent arm 16 extending centrally of and to some distance above the top of the platform, and mounted therein is the cylindrical end 17 of a rectangular bar 18 the opposite end being 'fitted to rotate in a similar bracket, 19, also secured to the platform.

Near the outer extremity of the extending Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6,1919.

end 20 of the bar 18, is mounted a spur gear 22, connecting' with another gear 23, fixed upon a spindle 24 journaled-in the upper ends of a double bracket 25 secured to the platform 10, the spindle 24 being at-one side of and below thcaxial center of the bar 18.

This spindle is adapted'to be rotated by a lever 26, having an actuating handle 27` and through the gear connections the bar may be rotated. v n. f

Securedl upon the bar 18, on each side of the bracket 19, are a pair of arms 28 conl nected by cross bars 29 and extending through the arms 28 are iring rods 30 havingsharp conical points 31. y n

A portion of the rods 30 extend rearwardly and are surrounded by coiled tension springs 32,v one of theends of thesprings being secured to rear of the-arm 28 while the opposite, outer ends of 'the springs :are secured in alike manner to a cross bar 33'. in which therear ends of the rod are :firmly engaged. "l Set in the outer side of thec'ross bar 33 is an eye 34 and loosely engaged therein is an open link or loop 35 engaging with'a hook shaped point 36 .formed with 2a segment 137, pivoted upon a pin ,38, in-'a lever 40, which in turn is pivoted on ra `pin 41 to a' bracket 4,2, secured centrally of the rearend of the platformflO. y 1

The lever 40 is provided with an extending handle 43 and has formed on itsouter f side alug 44 containing an opening through which passes a pin 45 the same acting as a fulcrum for the detent lever 46, having an the lower end has a recess 48 adapted to engage with the opposite corner of the segment 37, a spring 49 normally holding the detent lever 46 in an engaged position in reference to the segment, the construction operating handle 47 at its upper end, while p being such that when the lever 40 is drawn rearwardly, as to cause the rods 30 to be retracted, tensioning the springs, 32 which may be released by operating the lever 46 so as to drive the points 31 simultaneously and forcibly forward in an obvious manner.

Secured upon the front end of the square bar 18 are a pair of supports 52 adapted to hold the guns 53 in parallel spaced relation, these guns being provided with a block or cap 54 secured on one side by the hinge 55 and at the other side by latch clips 56 pivoted on pins 57 t0 the body of the gun, the clips having hooks 58 engageable with ACI',

pins 59 fixed in the sides of the caps54, the

caps being provided with central vcirculary apertures adapted to receive the pointed ends of the rods 30, as they areimpelled forward,

due to the action of the sprin'gs'".-

Formed lengthwise through the muzzles f the guns are elongated slots 60 kextending completely through from sideto side, ;the`

ceptivefofa knife or cutter. blade 70 which yis also adapted to bey recelvcdwithin the slots 60, the blades being fashionedfwith an acute cutting edge 71along' the major portion of their length, the lower ends being adapted to extend yinto one of the rectanf gular openings 68 yof, the proj ectileyas at 7 2, and provided with extendinglugs 7 3 which are adapted to seat against the surface of the solid portions 66 of the .projectiles scas to be held in engagement thereby; y From thenforego'ing it ywill ,be understood that the projectiles Vare irstentered within the breech ofthe gun, the cutter bar `70 entered throughxone side ofthe gun, vpassed through the projectile therein and Ithenrinto the oppositely disposed gun, into 'the' position as shown in Fig. 1. v v By retracting the lever 40 and suddenly .Q f this patentinay bepobtained. for

permittingit to rebounchunder the effect of the sprin s 32, the projectiles are dischargedk simu taneously vfrom the 'muzzles of the guns carryingy thecutter bar 7 O engaged between them', v

Due to the action of the crank 26jy itwill beV obvious that ther entire mountl mayv be rotatedupon the axis of the horizontal shaft 18 Aso that the projectiles can be discharged in any ydesired `plane whatever, andobviously, ydue `to the cutter bar 70, any. ordinary fence'or'wire entanglement maybe so broken or rvdestroyed v as to admit` passagey therethrough.4 v

Having thus described my yinvention and set forth the manner ofits construction and use what I claim as .new and desire `to secure Y I byLetters Patent,is l

yInan implement ofthe class described, the combinatlon with a wheeled platform,

brackets arranged "on vthe .upper surface thereof, .a 'bar 'pivotally mounted inV said brackets,I a pair of` guns operatively connectedy atv the sides `of said bar, firing pins. l

secured to said bar at the end thereof,means for manually rotating said bar, an elongated slot passing-*through thev muzzle'sofA said guns, qprojectiles fitted vto the bore Voffsaid guns, said projectiles having a transverse passage'formed therethrough', a cutter bar.

ableinzthe slots in the muzzles of said guns, meansfor `rotating said guns upon the axis of said bar; into ldifferentplanes, saidring means movingI therewith, and meansV for ope erat'ing said firing,meansl whereby saidxpro:k jectiles may be simultaneously discharged;A 1

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